STARRY-EYED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

starry-eyed

adjective

ˈstär-ē-ˌīd

Definition of starry-eyed

as in romantic

having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality the starry-eyed notion that international sports competitions actually help foster global harmony

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Recent Examples of starry-eyed There is a starry-eyed optimism in the gesture that emphasizes the darker manipulations of their relationship. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Even amid dismal ratings for the US government overall, views of NASA remain relatively starry-eyed. — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026 It had supposedly been made in the nineteen-forties, for an Italian countess or an English lady, then scrapped, and afterward either smuggled out of the workroom by a starry-eyed seamstress or, with the atelier head’s approval, given to one of the in-house models. — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 On Tuesday night, as the NFL world reeled with the Maxx Crosby news and the NBA was starry-eyed at Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, the rest of us were watching Team Italy embarrass the good ol’ US of A with an 8-6 win in the World Baseball Classic. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for starry-eyed

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People love spy stories, but there is nothing amusing, or romantic, about this one.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
The romantic Turing Test When Franky Vergara’s cousin asked him how to respond to a flirtatious Hinge message, Vergara, a 23-year-old living in San Diego, didn’t know how to help.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of romantic

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Wearing impractical stilettos and clutching a massive Stanley cup, Trina is introduced to her new pupils.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Their potential applications include modeling advanced materials and chemical reactions, optimizing complex logistics networks and addressing some computational problems that are impractical for today’s systems.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of impractical

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Though privacy concerns around these agents’ access may be terrifying in their own right, for now the utopian vision seems to be winning.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
The vision of a utopian domestic future took a strange turn during the Cold War, marrying the breathless excitement of the space age with the existential dread of nuclear annihilation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of utopian

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